Everest Re extends contract for CEO Taranto until Dec. 31, 2010August 4th, 2009 Everest Re extends CEO's contract to end of 2010NEW YORK — Insurer Everest Re on Tuesday said it extended the employment contract of Chairman and CEO Joseph V. Taranto to Dec.
SoCal teen sails back into US waters in attempt to become youngest to sail around world aloneJuly 13th, 2009 SoCal teen back in US waters in record attemptSAN DIEGO — Southern California teenager Zac Sunderland has sailed back into U.S. waters, meaning he has only about 100 miles to go to become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
Obama says summits can work better than UN does, but right combination is neededJuly 10th, 2009 L'AQUILA, Italy — He's had a lot of summits in his first six months in office, and President Barack Obama admits that he's looking forward to seeing fewer of them. Concluding the G-8 summit in Italy, Obama spoke of the need to find the right combination of international leaders to move ahead on global issues.
Apa Sherpa climbs Everest for the 19th timeMay 21st, 2009 KATHMANDU - A poor yak herder's son who became a porter at the age of 12 to feed his family Thursday re-established his image as the greatest living Everest legend, conquering the world's highest peak for an incredible 19th time. Apa Sherpa, who in the 1980s attempted to climb Mt Everest to eke out a living, this year led the Eco Everest Expedition 2009 to draw attention to the perils of climate changes in the Himalayas, causing glaciers to melt and imperilling the lives of the people living in high altitudes.
Team India does nation proud on Mt EverestMay 21st, 2009 KATHMANDU - In May 1959, six years after Mt Everest had been first climbed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, India sent its first expedition to Mt Everest. But the Indian Army team led by Brigadier Gyan Singh was defeated 'by the fury of elemental forces'.
At 88 and 26, they are oldest and youngest MPsMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 15th Lok Sabha has seen a surge of fresh and young faces but the oldest member of the new house is 88-year old while the youngest one is just 26. Ram Sundar Das of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) is the oldest MP in the Lok Sabha, and the youngest is Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed of the Congress.
Indian army team scales Nepal's Dhaulagiri peakMay 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Indian Army team has become the country's first to scale the 8,167-metre high Dhaulagiri peak in Nepal, the seventh highest in the world, an army official Monday said. Dhaulagiri is considered one of the world's toughest peaks to climb.
After 11 years in minors, Scales is a hit for Cubs in big league debutMay 6th, 2009 31-year-old Scales finally makes big league debutCHICAGO — When he heard that his manager — his first-ever big league skipper — had called him a "kid," Bobby Scales couldn't help but smile. "Sounds good to me," he said.
British cricket teams play on Mount Everest to set high-altitude recordApril 21st, 2009 British cricket teams play on Everest for recordKATMANDU, Nepal — Two teams of British cricketers played on the foot of Mount Everest Tuesday in an attempt to set a high-altitude record for field sports. The teams played the Twenty-20 cricket match on Tuesday at Gorakshep, located 16,940 feet (5,165 meters) above sea level on the southern side of world's highest mountain in Nepal.
Tenzing was wronged, says British mountaineering legendApril 20th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Twenty-three years after his death, the controversy over Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, one of the two men to step on Mount Everest for the first time continues, with British climbing legend Chris Bonington saying that the Everest hero was wronged. On May 29, 1953, Tenzing reached the summit of the 8848m peak along with New Zealander, Edmund Hillary.
New Zealand climber slams Jeffrey Archer over Everest claimMarch 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - A New Zealand mountaineer has criticised a claim by author Jeffrey Archer in a new book that a British climber conquered Mount Everest years before Sir Edmund Hillary, a newspaper reported Sunday. Archer's book, Paths of Glory, is a fictionalised account of the life of George Mallory, who died on Everest in 1924, 29 years before Hillary climbed the world's tallest peak with Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Nepal's Everest heroines to break new ground in mountaineeringMarch 8th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Last year, they created history by becoming the first inclusive, all-women's team from Nepal to summit Mt Everest, the highest peak in the world. On Sunday, celebrated as the 99th International Women's Day, the 10 Nepali climbing eves have broken new ground by announcing they would establish a national mountaineering school that would help other aspiring climbers in the country to aim at the Everest and other high Himalayan summits.
Only the sky's the limit for 10 Nepali womenMarch 7th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Till a few years ago, Nepali women were not allowed to inherit parental property, undergo an abortion or even go abroad without the consent of their husbands. But after a series of sweeping changes that transformed the world's only Hindu kingdom into a secular republic where women are striving to make their voices heard, an unusual group is aiming for the sky.
IAF to become first to climb highest peaks in seven continentsJanuary 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to climb 'Seven Summits', the highest peaks in the seven continents, and become the first air force in the world to achieve the feat. Living up to its motto of 'touching the sky with glory', the expedition team of the IAF, led-by Wing Commander R.C.
Tomic will only become better: CashJanuary 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Bernard Tomic, who became the youngest player to win a match in the Australian Open history Tuesday, got the backing of dual finalist Pat Cash who said the teenager will only get better with time. According to Cash, Tomic has got 'a backhand down the line that's about as good as you ever see on the circuit by any player, and that's his weapon.
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